Improvement in fluting-machines



waited mes EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY, 4OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 100,989, dated March 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTING-MACHINES.

''he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame I, EDWARD MORTIMER Duur, of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain Improvements inFluting-Machines, of which the following -is a specication.

My invention relates to that class of machines employed for iluting,crimping, or rnd-ling the frills and liounces of ladies dresses, Snc;and

It consists of constructing the lluting-rollers as hollow cylinders forreception of perforatedgas-pipes, and providing thel ends of saidrollers with double wire-` gauze diaphragms, in such manner that ouigniting the gas, the same will be delivered on the interior of theluting-rollers in the form of finejets of flame,

thereby heating the rollers to the desired degree for fluting orruliing, while escape' of the llame, or too much heat through the endsof the rollers, is prevented by the Wire-gauze diaphragms.

And it further consists in arranging the utingrollers in a frame-work,and applying to the same a treadle, Afly-wheel, starter, pulley,and'intermediate gear, in such manner that the machine can be operatedby a persons foot, leaving both hands at liberty to feed thgl materialto be iluted between the flutingrollers, while for light "work themachine is also provided with a crank-handle for operating vthe machineby baud, when desired, and a clamp for attaching the machine to alaundry table, as I will further eX- l plain by reference totheaccompanying drawings, of

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my invention;

Figure 2, a side elevation;

Figure 3, an elevation of opposite side;

Figure 4, a vertical section; and t Figure 5, a horizontal sectionthrough one of the corrugated rollers.

In the said drawings-f B indicates the ii'ame of the machine, whichconsists of two upright pieces C C, bolted to a foot or base, I),andunited at top by .a brace, E. 4

This frame sustains in suitable bearings the hollow corrugateduting-rollers FF These rollers are corrugated on their outer surface, ormade with alternate flutesaud fillets, G H, of the form desired forilutiug articles of wearing apparel, said corrugations also aid inrotating'the upper roller F.

Th`e tlutilxg-rollers receive gas-pipes I I, perforated at K K, andprovided with stop-cocks L L, for regulating the amount of heatrequired.

The rollers also receive in their outer ends doublegauze diaphragms M M,for preventing escape of llame or too much heat.

N is the presser, which slides freely in guides O O, near the top of thetrame, said presser' being operated by the lever P, with a rack, andcarrying a weight, It, for regulating the-required pressure when therollers are iu action, said lever and slide (which sustains roller F)also throwing said roller out of action, when desired, and holding samein such position by means of the stay or prop, S, (see lig. 4.)

The lower duting-roller F carries a gear, T, which plays into a gear, U,on the hand-crank shaft V, said shaft V being provided with a pulley, W,and a belt, X, which passes over a pulley, Y, on the starting flywheelcrank-shaft Z.

The starting iiy-wheehcons'ists of an ordinary platewheel, a, carryingonits rim or periphery a balanceweight, b, which aids in starting thetreadle c, connected with the shaft Z by the link d, and

c is the clamp for attaching the machine to a laundry table.

The treadle may be placed in front of the rollers, and instead of thehand-crank and fly-wheel shafts there may be but one shaft for operatingthe machine (by foot or hand) if preferred.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

I convey gas through a iexible pipe to the perforated gas-pipes I I,regulating the amount of gas required by the stopecocks L L, and lignite the g I next elevate the upper fluted roller F by k,means of thelever N, (see iig. 4,) and introduce the material to be tinted, crimped,or ruffled between the flirting-rollers F F, and I next remove the stayS from the weighted lever P, drop the roller F, and adjust the weight onthe lever to obtain the desired pressure between the rollers by thepresser N.

I now, by means of the y-wheel starter, put the machine in motion, andcontinue the same with my foot on the treadle, carrying power throughthe belt X, gears U T, and corrugations G H, imparting intermittentrotary movements to the fluting-rollers i F F, and thus I crimp, rutile,or ute the material as desired, while damage to the material by jets ofdame or too much beat is prevented bythe diaphragms M M.

I am aware that a patent has been granted to T. Robjohn, July 21, 1853,in which a jet of gas is brought to impinge on the extremities of theflutingroller shafts, for the purpose of' heating the rollers,which'being entirely different from any mode of heating thefluting-rollers, I do not claim such.

What I claim is- 'The perforated gas-pipes II, hollow corrugatedHuizing-'rollers F F', diaphragms M M, presser P, gears T U, pulleys WY, fly-wheel starter a, and treadle c, combined, arranged, and operatingsubstantiallylas and for the purposes described andset forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my signature this 12th day ofFebruary, 1870.

EDWARD MORTIMER-DEEY. Witnesses:

ARTHUR NEILL, EMILE Mon'rz.

